Reply #7: this stupid misunderstood meme AGAIN. 1st amendment matters! [View All]

[paulsby]

this idea "falsely yelling fire" was used to justify the prosecution of a WAR PROTESTOR.

think about that, next time you are protesting the war in afghanistan or iraq.

second of all, the case was OVERTURNED by brandenberg. the limits are now the brandenberg limits of free speech NOT the "fire" case, which was schenck.

instead of wanking about what the law SEEMS to be to you, how about reading brandenberg, as well as case law on "true threats". of course if you do, you will realize you are wrong, and we can't have that. god forbid we have rule of law. your feelings and how things SEEM to you is much more important than rule of law.

third, it is NOT the same thing. i have yet to see one post here with a quote from beck, limbaugh, malloy, etc. that is not CLEARLY protected free speech.

here's a fucking hint. the 1st amendment matters, and free speech matters. if you don't like it, screw you. the antidote to bad speech is free speech,it is not some statist ninny calling for prosecution.

i love your legal standard "overly hot rhetoric". "your honor, the defendant is clearly guilty of using overly hot rhetoric and thus should be imprisoned for daring to use such "overly hot rhetoric"